Do you know how many kinds of torture existed in ancient times?

Speaking of ancient punishments, in fact, the simplest ideas in my mind may be war punishment, flogging, hanging and so on. After all, this kind of punishment is common in contemporary film and television dramas, but when it comes to torture, you may have a little impression, which is actually familiar to everyone, such as people, dismemberment in the year of death and so on.

So what I want to mention today is actually a few more frightening and horrible punishments.

The first one, called "appearance", originated from Zhu Yuanzhang. According to Shen Wen's "Early Politics of Sages", the executioner stripped the prisoner naked, put him naked on the iron bed, poured boiling water on him several times, and then brushed off his flesh with an iron brush. It's like folk killing pigs after scalding with boiling water until the skin is brushed and the bones are exposed, and the punished person dies before it's over.

The second type is called bow, which is to put the bow around the victim's neck, with the bow string facing forward and the executioner starting to rotate the bow behind. The tighter the bow turned, the less angry the prisoner became. Finally, he died ... Historical records recorded that Yue Fei and his son died in the stormy pavilion.

Third, during the reign of Wu Zetian, there was a nice name called "Please enter the urn". Although the name is nice, it is actually scary. It's usually a punishment for people who refuse to confess. The method is to find a big urn, put people in it, and then heat it with firewood below. The temperature is getting higher and higher, and the prisoners are getting more and more unbearable. If they refuse to confess, they are often burned in urns ...?

In fact, there was a lot of torture in ancient times. If you want to know, you will actually feel cold in your back!